Complex ancient genetic structure and cultural transitions in Southern African populations

Genetics

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 303-316

  Montinaro, Francesco ^a   Busby, George B J ^b   Gonzalez Santos, Miguel ^a   Oosthuitzen, Ockie ^c   Oosthuitzen, Erika ^c   Anagnostou, Paolo ^d,e   Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^d,e   Pascali, Vincenzo L ^f   Capelli, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Istituto Italiano di Antropologia   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

African prehistory; Ancient structure; Khoesan; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KHOISAN; MIGRANT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN AFRICAN; AFRICA; BLACK PERSON; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; LESOTHO; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ANCIENT DNA;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA, ANCIENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC STRUCTURES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LESOTHO; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 85008517879     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.189209     Document Type: Article

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